They play very well on defense - Malr1ne on Vici Gaming

Team Falcons midlaner Stanislav 'Malr1ne' Potorak, in an interview with the TBD DOTA YouTube channel, spoke about the style of Vici Gaming, which knocked his team out of the Esports World Cup 2026, named the likely hero who will next get the 30th level of Dota Plus, and also assessed his hit in the meta at the tournament.

They read the map very well. In fact, it was hard to catch them. I would say they play very well in defense, so it is difficult to attack them, but at the same time they seize opportune moments to attack the opponent.

There are three heroes that I have 29th. This is Ember Spirit, Leshrac and a hero who has died in the mid for five years now - this is Pugna. I think the closest one will likely be Ember Spirit.

I trained a lot on heroes that are in the meta. In fact, the only problem I had was Ember Spirit. Even in the game where we lost, I showed myself normally, in my opinion. Of course, you can always do better. Apparently it wasn't enough. But I trained him for a long time. It's just so meta now. You always have to adapt to the meta, and I was generally ready for this.

Team Falcons finished 5th-8th at the 2026 Esports World Cup. In the quarterfinals of the playoffs, the team lost to Vici Gaming with a score of 0-2.